Seeing how badly Lin Guodong had lost money, Zhou Lesheng still lent him 5,000 yuan, but didn't let him buy the stock he was eyeing. Instead, he continued to buy stocks following Bai Haiyang's lead, taking a steady and cautious approach.
This time, Lin Guodong listened to the advice and took out seven thousand yuan to buy the stocks that Bai Haiyang had bought.
But the stock fell the next day. Bai Haiyang told others to wait, saying that the stock would definitely rise later. But Lin Guodong saw that it had dropped by a thousand yuan in just one day, while the stock he was looking at had doubled!
He couldn't wait even a day longer, so he sold the stocks behind Bai Haiyang and Zhou Lesheng's back and bought the one he was eyeing.
The next day, the one he bought and the one Bai Haiyang asked him to buy both went up in price. Bai Haiyang said they would continue to rise, so there was no rush to sell.
Lin Guodong also felt that the stock he bought could rise further, so he wasn't in a hurry to sell. Five days passed, and Bai Haiyang felt it was about time to make a move, but Lin Guodong turned pale.
Because the stock he bought plummeted overnight.
"Guodong, let's go sell our stocks," Zhou Lesheng said, putting his arm around Lin Guodong's shoulder.
"No, Guodong, why do you look so pale? Didn't we make money on our stocks?" Zhou Lesheng said, looking at Lin Guodong's ashen face. "This time, you'll not only make back all the losses you suffered before, but you'll also earn another five thousand."
Bai Haiyang glanced at Lin Guodong, then at the stock he had been staring at, and understood immediately.
Looking at Lin Guodong, he said, "You secretly sold the stock I recommended you buy and bought the one you were eyeing, didn't you?"
Lin Guodong squatted down with his hands behind his head, not saying a word.
Zhou Lesheng said speechlessly, "Guodong, why can't you just listen to Haiyang? Haiyang knows more about stocks than we do. We're all from the same factory, how could Haiyang possibly harm us?"
"It was supposed to be a sure thing, no loss, but look at you..."
Zhou Lesheng didn't even want to talk about him anymore.
"Lesheng, Lesheng, lend me another five thousand. I'll definitely listen to Haiyang this time. I'll buy whatever Haiyang tells me to buy!" Lin Guodong said, grabbing Zhou Lesheng's trouser leg.
“I have to recoup my losses, otherwise, otherwise I won’t be able to explain to your sister-in-law when I get back.”
Zhou Lesheng: "..."
Considering that everyone had come to Haishi together, and that he had indeed made a good amount of money, Zhou Lesheng decided to lend Lin Jianshe another five thousand.
Lin Guodong obediently followed Bai Haiyang's lead and bought stocks, but the stocks started to fall as soon as they were bought. Bai Haiyang sensed something was wrong and told the two of them to sell them quickly.
“Something’s not right with the stock market. Let’s stop here for now. You guys go back to Beijing first,” Bai Haiyang said to Lin Guodong and Zhou Lesheng.
Zhou Lesheng was naturally willing to stop and trust Bai Haiyang, because even after deducting the 10,000 yuan he lent to Lin Guodong, he still made 40,000 yuan.
With so much money, he could buy an apartment in Beijing and invest in some business.
But Lin Guodong didn't make any money. He only had six thousand yuan left, and he still owed Zhou Lesheng ten thousand yuan!
"I've lost all my money, and I still have Zhou Lesheng's money to lose. You just say you're going to stop, what am I supposed to do?" Lin Guodong shouted at Bai Haiyang, his voice filled with emotion.
Bai Haiyang looked at him and said, "Is it my fault that you lost all your money? If it's my fault, why did Zhou Lesheng make money?"
Lin Guodong: "..."
"It's your own fault for not listening to me and trusting yourself more. So you can only blame yourself for losing money." With that, Bai Haiyang turned and left.
Zhou Lesheng scratched his head, looked at Lin Guodong and said, "Guodong, why don't we listen to Haiyang and call it a day and go back to Beijing?"
Lin Guodong: "You can go back if you want, I'm not going back."
After saying that, Lin Guodong plunged into the stock exchange without looking back.
A week later, Lin Guodong, unshaven and with only two hundred dollars left, walked out of the stock exchange like a walking corpse.
Beijing Cotton Quilt Factory
The clerk in the labor relations department is calculating the money Zhang Jiao will receive for buying out her years of service.
Yes, the cotton quilt factory went bankrupt due to poor performance, and Zhang Jiao became a worker at the factory.
Both factories either laid off workers or went bankrupt. Zhang Jiao had long expected this day to come, but she didn't expect it to come so soon.
“You worked at our quilt factory for fourteen years. The buyout fee was 600 yuan per year, so fourteen years would be 8,400 yuan. You also received 5,000 yuan back from your work injury insurance. That makes a total of 13,400 yuan.”
"Look, if you have no objections, just sign this form."
Zhang Jiao didn't hesitate and signed the form directly.
She had long wanted to quit working at the cotton quilt factory; the work was tiring, and the factory was generally unpleasant.
Now Guodong has gained the factory's favor and has been sent to Shanghai for further training. He may be promoted and receive a raise in the future. His salary alone will be enough to support his family.
Moreover, with the money she received from buying out her years of service, she could do a more relaxed small business where she could earn money while sitting down. Wouldn't that be better than working shifts in the factory?
Zhang Jiao had only been gone a few days when Lin Guodong returned from Shanghai.
He didn't say anything to Zhang Jiao, acting as if nothing had happened.
Zhang Jiao completed the procedures for her job transfer and received over 10,000 yuan in transfer fees.
Before he could even get the money to his heart's content, Zhou Lesheng, having heard the news, came with the money in his pocket demanding it back.
Zhang Jiao then learned that Lin Guodong hadn't gone to Shanghai to study; he had gone to speculate in stocks. Not only had he lost all of his family's savings, but he had also robbed Zhou Lesheng of 10,000 yuan.
Zhang Jiao was so angry that she kept hitting Lin Guodong. She said that if she had known he would be so good at discussing things, she would have taken all the family's money to invest in stocks instead of consulting him. She shouldn't have listened to him and let him manage all the money.
Lin Guodong knew he was in the wrong, so he didn't defend himself.
Zhou Lesheng demanded that Lin Guodong repay the money, or he would sue him in court. Zhang Jiao had no choice but to take out 10,000 yuan to help Lin Guodong repay the money.
With only a little over three thousand yuan left, she dared not spend it recklessly, nor did she dare to entrust it to Lin Guodong for safekeeping. Instead, she took it to the bank and deposited it, keeping the passbook herself.
Two years passed, and the steel mill introduced a preferential housing policy. For only nine thousand dollars, Lin Guodong could buy a two-bedroom apartment that the steel mill had allocated to Lin Yongdong.
But Lin Guodong and Zhang Jiao didn't have that much money. Zhang Jiao had quit her job, and Lin Guodong was the only one working. His salary was enough for the family to live on, and there was no money left over.
He couldn't borrow money from relatives and friends, so Lin Guodong simply said he wouldn't buy it. Anyway, even if he didn't buy the house, as long as he was an employee of the steel factory, he could continue to live in the house, and no one could kick him out or leave him home.
Because he didn't have the money, Lin Guodong missed out on the preferential housing purchase policy. When the demolition of the 99th Lihua Lane area began, the other residents of No. 18 Courtyard received hundreds of thousands of yuan in demolition compensation, which they used to buy big houses and happily moved into their new homes.
Lin Guodong only received a meager relocation compensation. His house was demolished, and he had nowhere to live, so Lin Guodong went to the factory.
If he is a formal employee of the factory, the factory must arrange housing for him.
So the factory arranged a dormitory room for single employees for their family of three.
Zhang Jiao and Junjun both harbored resentment towards Lin Guodong, blaming him for losing all their family's money in the stock market, leaving them unable to buy a house and forced to live in the factory's dormitory.
Unable to stand this kind of life, Junjun chose to work in Nanyang.
Lin Yong passed away in a nursing home.
Lin Guodong, still angry, didn't inform Lin Jianshe or Li Xiaoyu, and directly sent the person back to their hometown for burial.
After that, until Lin Guodong died, he never owned a house of his own.
Because his family didn't have a house to get married, Junjun directly chose to date an only child in South Korea and became a son-in-law of the family.
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